As attorneys for the Oregon Ground Water Association (OGWA), Schroeder Law Offices was pleased to do the legal research that successfully overturned the Oregon Water Resources Department’s determination of fees. As a result of advocacy for OGWA, refunds of over $100,000 were paid back to Oregon citizens after the Oregon Water Resources Department was found to have erroneously […]
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This comes from Terry Witt at Oregonians for Food and Shelter: This is a new National Corn Growers Association video on the subject of increased sustainability in agriculture. It debuted October 3 on the program This Week in Agribusiness. The short video features family farmers telling the story of how better management and modern technology
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Do you keep your deeds in the safe? A secure file? If so, you surely know what water uses you are entitled to and have these records kept safe and secure reviewing them annually? If not, you’re lucky that the state has records on the water uses related to your property. However, it’s unlikely these records
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Federal Judge Robert C. Jones called Schroeder Law Offices attorney Laura Schroeder and others to court today to end 29 years of litigation related to over 200 transfer applications filed by various farmers in the Newlands Project, Nevada. These transfers were tied up for years by the Pyramid Lake Indian Tribe appeals to Nevada State
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Today- September 30, 2009, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued a major decision in favor of Stockton East Water District and the Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District determining that the US Bureau of Reclamation and the Districts have binding contracts for specified quantities of water to which Reclamation is obligated to provide. The underlying trial court, the Court of
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Completing a teaching tour through Central Nevada, it will come as no surprise that the number one issue in the minds of participants are the duties of the Southern Nevada Water Authority to counties from which it intends to export water. Emphasis was placed on the need for affected counties to be involved in the transfer
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Tough times dictate that we cut our discretionary spending. Property owners may defer some maintenance and other due diligence. But spending money on education and protecting your property interests must be considered a continued important investment that is not discretionary. Hunkering down and waiting for it to pass us by will not work. Business as usual
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Most Western states allow an exemption from water right permitting for domestic wells. In New Mexico this exemption was recently challenged as being inconsistent with the prior appropriation doctrine. Other western states seek to legislatively limit the scope of such exemptions. Oregon which has perhaps the broadest statutory groundwater exemption is seeking in this legislative
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The Oregon Water Coalition has asked Laura Schroeder to present Chet Prior with its annual “Friend of Farmer” award on January 27, 2009, in Hermiston, Oregon. The Oregon Water Coalition actively supports water development projects including the recently funded research to develop aquifer recharge and aquifer storage in the critical ground water areas located in Morrow and Umatilla
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Accepting associations and referrals in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada, Schroeder Law Offices recently opened its new office in Reno, Nevada. With a population of 250,000, Reno is at the center of water controversies on the Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers. Each of these desert rivers interestingly terminate at a lake with an associated Indian
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Colm Moore and Laura Schroeder will present a 4-hour seminar on Nevada water rights in Winnemucca on December 9 and in Elko on December 10. For more information click here.
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PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST RELEASES A DRAFT EIS AS RELATED TO BIGHORN SHEEP AND DOMESTIC SHEEP THAT OMITS COMMITMENTS MADE IN 1997 AND THAT OMITS ANALYSIS OF MANY CRITICAL ELEMENTS By Alan Schroeder To view the full text of this press release please click here. Weiser, Idaho. October 7, 2008. Is removing domestic sheep from the
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With food prices at all time highs, agricultural market prices rising, and water rights at a premium, now is the time to plan for the future. We suggest that water users create and update water management plans with an eye to water rights security, stability, and development. A water management plan will analyze the current state
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Retired Reclamation Commissioner John Keyes passing is sad news. I first “engaged” Reclamation with John at the helm in the Boise Regional office in 1992 when working for the Teel Irrigation District. We were dealing with issues surrounding “water spreading” then making headlines in the Umatilla Project by Water Watch of Oregon. Over the years,
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Focusing on the soon to be launched adjudication in north Idaho, water and real estate lawyers gathered in Coeur d”Alene, Idaho May 15 and 16, 2008. As in other McCarran adjudications in which we are involved, issues expected to be included will be federal including Indian, Forest Service and Reclamation issues; instream including hydro, water
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An historic agreement has been reached in a dispute over water in the Rio Grande Project. It has taken 29 years in a process stagnated by several lawsuits to prepare an operating agreement negotiated between the Bureau of Reclamation, Elephant Butte Irrigation District (EBID), and the El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1. No
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Armenia’s Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) has suggested that new operator contracts with Yerevan Water require provisions requiring audit controls. Given some commentator’s thoughts on the management failures of the present agreements this request is not surprising. Providing contract requirements for audits is not uncommon. However, determining what audit level is appropriate for a domestic
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The government of Armenia is inaugurating a new president on Wednesday, April 9, at 2 in the afternoon. Large crowds are expected in the downtown area in connection with the official events, which will include a military procession through Freedom Square and evening festivities at Republic Square. It is not expected that much dramatic change
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Armenia’s current water code requires a water system use permit (WSUP) without exception for any system of facilities. The WSUP is issued by the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC). It has been suggested municipalities and small community water associations that own and operate their own domestic water delivery system should be exempt from the requirement
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Development of public owner-private operator contracts in the water sector is largely a reflection of the extent of private sector participation. International literature on the subject generally describes the various forms of these Private Sector Participation Contracts (“PSP contracts”) as (1) Service contracts; (2) Management contracts; (3) Leasing contracts; (4) BOT type contracts; (5) Concessions;
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